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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (730)	6/12/2001 12:33:40 PM
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IBM and J.D. Edwards to Deliver First eServer Co-Branded With a Software Company Server Optimized for J.D. Edwards OneWorld and Supply Chain Solutions For Small to Medium Businesses DENVER and ARMONK, N.Y., FOCUS 2001, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to develop and jointly market a specialized IBM eServer designed to run J.D. Edwards' collaborative commerce software for small to medium businesses. (Photo: newscom.com newscom.com ) Optimized for J.D. Edwards' OneWorld(R) collaborative commerce and supply chain management applications, the IBM eServer for J.D. Edwards is the first server co-branded with an independent software vendor. The solution is tailor-made for small- and mid-sized businesses looking for ways to effectively manage and reduce the complexity of their e-business infrastructures. As part of the strategic alliance between the two companies, the IBM eServer for J.D. Edwards will be jointly marketed worldwide through IBM Business Partners, J.D. Edwards' direct sales force, and J.D. Edwards' business partner network. J.D. Edwards is packaging software solutions specifically for the new platform. "This bold step by IBM and J.D. Edwards moves our global alliance to a new level of collaboration and cooperation. The IBM eServer for J.D. Edwards supports our goal to deliver leading collaborative solutions to mid-sized businesses. It provides customers a lower total cost of ownership, simple integration, and access to technology previously available only to larger companies," said Hank Bonde, chief operating officer, J.D. Edwards. "Leveraging the global reach of our two companies' sales infrastructures will give us the power to move our joint offering into new markets." Bonde added that both J.D. Edwards and IBM are working jointly to configure additional models of the IBM eServer for J.D. Edwards to address the further needs of mid-enterprise customers. The IBM eServer for J.D. Edwards will be pre-configured to run HTML, Java or Linux. In addition, as an IBM eServer this specialized offering shares the same technology that helped establish a world record of Java performance on a single IBM eServer iSeries system. Also, the IBM eServer iSeries established a new industry record of 6,000 concurrent users in a recent benchmark running J.D. Edwards' OneWorld Xe applications. "Providing simple solutions for complex problems is a hallmark of IBM eServer," said Buell Duncan, general manager, midmarket servers, IBM Server Group. "Customers of all sizes must operate today in an increasingly complex Internet world. It's particularly daunting to smaller companies. Working with partners like J.D. Edwards allows us to give our joint customers innovative, flexible, cost-effective solutions that help reduce the complexity of their e-infrastructures." General availability is expected sometime during the third quarter 2001.